Python 2.3.1

Python 2.3.1

Note: See Python 2.3.5 for a
patch release release which supersedes earlier releases of 2.3.

Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in
security advisory PSF-2006-001
"Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode
builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in
Python 2.4.4
and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.3,
there's a patch available from the security advisory page.

We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.3.1 on
September 23, 2003. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.3 and
supersedes the original Python 2.3 release.

No new features have been added in Python 2.3.1. Instead, this
release is the result of two months of bug hunting. A number of
obscure bugs that could cause crashes have been fixed, as well as a
number of memory leaks.

Please see the separate bugs page for known
issues and the bug reporting procedure.

Download the release

Windows users should download the Windows installer, Python-2.3.1.exe, run
it and follow the friendly instructions on the screen to complete the
installation. Windows users may also be interested in Mark Hammond's
win32all, a collection of Windows-specific extensions including
COM support and Pythonwin, an IDE built using Windows components.

RPMs suitable for Redhat and source RPMs for other RPM-using
operating systems are available from the RPMs page.

All others should download Python-2.3.1.tgz, the
source archive. Unpack it with
"tar -zxvf Python-2.3.1.tgz". Change to the Python-2.3.1 directory
and run the "./configure", "make", "make install" commands to compile
and install Python.

What's New?

See the highlights of the
Python 2.3 release. As noted, the 2.3.1 release is a bugfix release
of 2.3.

The Windows installer now includes the documentation in searchable
htmlhelp format, rather than individual HTML files. You can still download the
individual HTML files.